BELIE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BELIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELIE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELIE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BELIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,843.
What does BELIE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give a false or misleading impression of something; to fail to support, or to contradict, a claim, appearance, or expectation.
A calm expression can belie deep anxiety underneath, meaning the outward appearance hides or contradicts what is really being felt. The word is also used when a result belies expectations, that is, when the outcome contradicts what people had confidently predicted beforehand. Belie is related to lie in the sense of falsehood rather than to lie meaning to recline, and it always points to a mismatch between how something looks or is claimed to be and how it actually is. Because the word sounds somewhat formal and literary, it appears more often in careful writing than in casual conversation.
How BELIE is used
A somewhat formal, literary word, common in careful writing when describing a mismatch between appearance and reality.
- Her steady voice belied the panic she felt inside.
- The team's poor start belied their talent, since they went on to win the league.
- His youthful looks belie the fact that he is over sixty.
- The neat garden belies the chaos inside the house.
- Sales figures belied the company's confident public statements.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELIE
19 longer words begin with BELIE.
Words with BELIE inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain BELIE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BELIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BELIE
Common questions about BELIE
- Is BELIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELIE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELIE worth?
- BELIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELIE mean?
- To give a false or misleading impression of something; to fail to support, or to contradict, a claim, appearance, or expectation.
- What letters can be added to BELIE?
- BELIE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BELIE:
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